Determination of sea surface salinity and wind speed by L-band microwave radiometry from a fixed platform


Autoria(s): Gabarró Prats, Carolina; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Font, Jordi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions

Data(s)

10/05/2012

Resumo

The European Space Agency Soil Moisture andOcean Salinity (SMOS) mission aims at obtaining global maps ofsoil moisture and sea surface salinity from space for large-scale andclimatic studies. It uses an L-band (1400–1427 MHz) MicrowaveInterferometric Radiometer by Aperture Synthesis to measurebrightness temperature of the earth’s surface at horizontal andvertical polarizations ( h and v). These two parameters will beused together to retrieve the geophysical parameters. The retrievalof salinity is a complex process that requires the knowledge ofother environmental information and an accurate processing ofthe radiometer measurements. Here, we present recent resultsobtained from several studies and field experiments that were partof the SMOS mission, and highlight the issues still to be solved.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2117/13292

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

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Palavras-Chave #Radiometry #Oceanography #Salinity #Signal theory (Telecommunication) #Teoria del senyal (Telecomunicació) #Radiació--Mesurament
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article